Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2213.1

Transfer to Office of Attorney General.

A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Office of the State

Long-Term Care Ombudsman within the Department of Human Services

shall transfer to the Office of the Attorney General. The Office of

the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall continue to exercise its

statutory powers and duties.

B. All equipment, supplies, records, matters pending, assets,

future liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations,

indebtedness, and legal and contractual rights and responsibilities

of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall be

transferred to the Office of the Attorney General.

C. Any monies accruing to or in the name of the Office of the

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman on and after the effective date of

this act, or any monies that accrue in any funds or accounts or are

maintained for the benefit of the Office on and after the effective

date of this act, shall be transferred to the Office of the Attorney

General.

D. The Department of Human Services and the Office of the

Attorney General may enter into an agreement for the transfer of

personnel. No employee shall be transferred to the Office of the

Attorney General except on the freely given written consent of the

employee. Any employee who is transferred shall not be required to

accept a lesser grade or salary than presently received. All

employees shall retain leave, sick, and annual time earned, and any

retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued during their

tenure with the Department of Human Services. The transfer of

personnel between the state agencies shall be coordinated with the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

E. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments,

purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations or

encumbrances as provided for in this section.

F. Upon the effective date of this act, all administrative

rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services for the Office

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of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall be transferred to and

become a part of the administrative rules of the Office of the

Attorney General. The Office of Administrative Rules in the Office

of the Secretary of State shall provide adequate notice in “The

Oklahoma Register” of the transfer of such rules and shall place the

transferred rules under the Oklahoma Administrative Code title of

the Office of the Attorney General. Such rules shall continue in

force and effect as rules of the Office of the Attorney General from

and after the effective date of this act, and any amendment, repeal,

or addition to the transferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction

of the Attorney General.